trickle

Plural: trickles

Noun

• flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
• A very thin river.
• A very thin flow; the sound of such a flow.

Verb

Verb Forms: trickled, trickling, trickles

• To flow or fall in a slow, intermittent stream or drops.
• run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
  • "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"
• to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously.
• to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously.
• To move or roll slowly.

Examples

• Here the water just trickles along, but later it becomes a torrent.
• Points began to "TRICKLE" in as he finally found a way to use his vowels.
• The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle.
• The doctor trickled some iodine on the wound.
• The film was so bad that people trickled out of the cinema before its end.
• The tap of the washbasin in my bedroom is leaking and the trickle drives me mad at night.

Synonyms

dribble, drip, filter

Anagrams of trickle